Differential hydrogeological effects of draining tunnels through the northern Apennines, Italy

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 947-965

  Vincenzi, Valentina ^a   Gargini, Alessandro ^b   Goldscheider, Nico ^c   Piccinini, Leonardo ^d  

^a Consultant Hydrogeologist ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrogeological impacts; Northern Apennines; Tracer test; Tunnel; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELS;

HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING; NORTHERN APENNINES; TRACER BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; TRACER TESTS; TURBIDITES;

RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

ARENITE; BEDROCK; FAULT ZONE; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFLOW; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TUNNELING; WATER FLOW;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84896488981     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-013-0378-7     Document Type: Article

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